No Oscars nods for Keira or James McAvoy

The 80th Academy Awards nominations were announced on Tuesday and while it included many British names, Golden Globes nominees Keira Knightley and James McAvoy missed out.

The two stars of First World War tragedy Atonement were expected to have strong chances to make the Best Actor and Actress categories.

However, neither were nominated.

Atonement was nominated as Best Picture and Irish actress Soairse Ronan got a Best Supporting Actress nod for her role in the film.

And there will be plenty of other Brits to cheer on Oscars night (Sunday, Feb 24) – Daniel Day-Lews was nominated as Best Actor, Julie Christie for Best Actress, Tom Wilkinson for Best Supporting Actor and Tilda Swinton for Best Supporting Actress.